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What a disaster. Someone will write a book about this one day.

Hopefully they really do learn from this and Fairgame$ brings something new to the table. Bet Haven are looking anxiously over their shoulders tonight though!

@TBubs311 it's a terrible precident and is why I am fundamentally against the existence of pro consoles.

Also I'm not sure this makes the case for getting a pro console as we haven't seen how the game runs on that system yet.

Beat the grand cathedral dungeon on Metaphor Refantazio last night so will be continuing with that for the foreseeable when I get game time

This will they won't they is daft and does nothing but sow confusion amongst their install base. They would be better off pulling the band aid off and setting out exactly what the plan is. It will be better for them in the long run

My only disapointment with this game is that they haven't announced any lego sets to go alongside my tallnext. Would love a tremortusk or a thunderjaw

Ironically the one release from ubi I have bought in the last couple of years. Go figure. Awful news. Another talented team reassigned to work on cookie cutter titles. Will be no creativity left before long across the AAA gaming space. Not good

I'm looking forward to this. I'm hoping the game shows abit more restraint compared to recent games where they have tried to over complicate things a little too much. For instance trying to find a particular character to play as is a nightmare when there is simply such a large cast to pick from in the star wars and Marvel series.

Looking forward to the inevitable levels where you get to play as the machines

Personally i fully enjoyed my time with Spiderman 2 🤷‍♂️

I wonder if we will start to see more studios back off from post launch dlc. With the time it takes to make new titles these days, it's probably worth putting any ideas into a sequel instead.

Personally would like to see Insomniac work on something new next rather than just becoming a Marvel factory - as much as I think wolverine will be a good game

The risk of people making a big deal about this is that it shows gamers are now conditioned to a $70 price point and will encourage more devs to just slap that price tag on games even if they could have launched at a lower price point.

Big props to Sandfall for releasing this at a competitive price into what will be a busy market next spring

No doubt I'll still be on Metaphor by that point tbh 🫣

@BookhouseBoy these games are just so long right? Rebirth took me something like 80 plus hours. I am up to 94 hours on like a dragon infinite wealth (on the final chapter now). With kids and limited gaming time it just takes so long to get through these games. I think I have only been able to properly play like 4 or 5 games this year, despite a massive backlog of untouched titles to get to.

I do think the gaming industry needs to look at it's demographics again. Data shows that console gamers are largely made up of people that grew up with consoles (with younger gamers more likely to play mobile titles).

But with this demographic now having to balance gaming time between work and families there is less time to game. And with games taking longer and longer to complete, it means that I am less likely to buy new games. This results in a vicious cycle as then publishers find games are not meeting sales expectations.

That's why Astrobot was so refreshing. I was all done, with the platinum trophy in hand after what? 20 hours ish? More of this please!

@BookhouseBoy 1 week? I am 8 months into infinite wealth 😂 granted I paused for FF7 Rebirth and Astrobot. Nearly finished it now though!

Absolutely ridiculous...where do I preorder

Amazing interview and i love how much detail you were able to go into.

Love the Trails / Falcom games but i simply can't keep up anymore sadly - particularly given the length these games are.

Its great that the release times are getting closer and closer together with the Japanese release dates but I honestly have no idea how to get through them all

Maybe when the series is fully complete 😅

I'm mixed on this. Ultimately people are free to spend their money how they choose, and in some circumstances i can understand the appeal.

On the other, it frustrates me that people buy into stuff like this because it perpetuates a cycle where more and more publishers think it's OK to follow this model. It's the same with places like Disney world. They keep introducing new ways to part people from their cash, and so long as people keep paying, these companies will keep finding new opportunities to monetise.

The Life is Strange situation is ridiculous and highly inappropriate for a story driven game imo. It just means more opportunities for crucial plot points to be spoiled online before most people have chance to play it for themselves. People shouldn't be forced to pay more if they want to avoid spoilers.

On the otherhand, I don't really have a problem with early access (or ya know....beta tests as they used to be known...) for online multiplayer titles to stress test servers ahead of launch. I have no doubt the likes of GTA online will follow this model next year either.

But for single player games or campaign elements of titles, I dont like this shift. Particularly as the last few years have shown that devs and publishers can't be trusted to release bug free games at launch. The star wars outlaws situation was particularly outrageous, but it's not the only example. More often than not it feels like those paying for early access are acting as beta testers and that feels egregious when arguably these consumers are the most loyal customers

@MatthewJP would also argue that considerably more games are released digitally these days with no physical copy available so it scews the figures.

I'd be more interested in the break down on a title by title basis, as that will provide the full picture on how the market is moving (e.g how many copies of EA FC 25 were physical vs digital etc).

Overall though, it's good to see new games selling well. Those sales for Dragon Ball are crazy good! And I'm pleased to be one of those that has picked up metaphor (a game I am very interested to see the sales figures for re Playstation vs Xbox)

Sounds like a great show tbh. Anything with Yakuza in immediately sounds promising

I'll be honest, I would rather a sequel so far after the launch of the title. It's really difficult to drop back into an expansion when you have subsequently played multiple other titles in the gap, and forgotten most of the controls and other intricacies- particularly where the DLC is often harder.

I think Hogwarts Legacy was an excellent game - they nailed the setting, although the limited enemies and slightly weak story pulled it down a little from achieving its full potential. They have an amazing canvas to build off though to tell future stories in the world and I very much look forward to playing more

Might have to get this one. Big part of my childhood but I moved away from print magazines years ago

Just want a new one. Long overdue since shadow of the Tomb Raider which was criminally overlooked

I'll be honest. When Silent Hill came out back on the PS One I didn't play it because I was massively into Resident Evil, and the bits of SH I played at a friend's seemed incredibly clunky in comparison so I didn't give it a fair chance.

Several years on, I think it's time to dive in and see what the hype is about, with many more years experience of playing games and survival horror titles in the bag.

I'll pick it up on sale at some point as there is just too much too play currently, and nowhere near enough time

Free promotion and advertising seems like a massive miss and an odd decision. Expect they wanted paying for the appearances. I also think the new CEO of Square doesn't seem to like Playstation- the relationship seems to have shifted when he came into post - of course Playstation bosses have also changed multiple times. Something is definitely up.

There was a conversation in Forbidden west with an NPC talking about clan wars which tbf I thought would work quite well in the world of horizon for a multiplayer title. There is potential in clans of humans banding together, fighting each other for resources and emergent gameplay as the robots get involved and having to band together to take out big foes.

There is potential in this. I may not play it as I don't really get on with multiplayer games, but of all of Sony's ip, I wouldn't be surprised to see this one do well

I wonder if the last living PS Vita owner will make an appearance like in the game. Massive fail if not!

Controller was gone by the time I got through the queue. Annoying but nevermind.

@B_Lindz yep 100 % completed it with all endings and got the platinum. Just one of those games that didn't click for me. Which surprised me tbh. Thought I'd be really into it.

Didn't really understand this. Not for me

Still need to get Stellar Blade. Hopefully it will get a decent discount on Black Friday. I feel like the only person in existence sometimes that didn't enjoy nier automata, so if I do pick up SB, would probably give the dlc a miss

It's a great month. I've been wanting wwe 2k24, and have always been curious about Doki Doki Literature Club. Dead Space is a banger and the remake dials the game up even further. Excellent game, and still gutted EA decided not to follow up on it with a 4th game in the series

Trailer views have already exceeded the number of players who played Concord 😬

Just what I needed from Sony. I have a massive art print from Ghost of Tsushima over my office desk so to say I am hyped is an understatement. The first game was one of the best things I've played. Loved it. Can't wait for this.

I mean Ghost of Yotei alone make this an A show for me. Add in Lunar, Soul Reaver, Hell is Us and some of the other titles shown and this was an excellent show. Fair play to Sony. The 10 pound upgrade path for Horizon is sensible too

Death Stranding 2 might be here in terms of a hype trailer for TGS. Silent Hill 2 will likely have a launch trailer. Horizon and Days Gone remastered. Assassins Creed Shadows most likely - people keep expecting to see Ghost 2 but I feel that is very unlikely until Shadows releases.

Other than that, who knows. Metro VR and that medieval sword fighting VR game most likely, and a release date for lego horizon

I don't really care what's shown. I just hope for a good show and for Sony to start earning back some positive press and build some hype

Will wait for a sale, but definitely want to give it a go.

@AdamNovice no, but I'm totally here for it 😂 incredible

Look everyone. I think we can all rally together today and just point at SEGA and thank them for Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. Now that will be a game. None of this GaaS nonsense

If true, this is obscene for so many reasons because it shows how out of touch Sony has become with its customers. How on earth they championed this as the future of playstation I do not know.

I don't see how Hermen Hulst can come back from this. That is a massive error of judgement.

Sony has always been successful in its merger and aquisition strategy because it targeted companies it had worked closely with for years, and were aligned to the company ethos - take Insomniac, Naughty Dog, Sucker Punch, Housemarque etc.

The purchase of firewalk, and to an extent Bungie made no sense because those aquisitions represented a complete departure from their usual approach. It's no wonder that this ended up a disaster for all involved.

A dark period in Playstation history this.

This has blown literally all my expectations out of the water (pun unintended) - cannot wait for this!

Also is it just me or does Queen Michele look like Lady Dimitrescu has taken a holiday to Hawaii?

I get the point about Nintendo dropping alot of remasters on switch. However, there are a couple of key differences that help them get away with it in my opinion:

1) Some of the remasters released this year are extremely difficult to get hold of and play, e.g Mario The Thousand Year Door

2) the games are accessible in a new format that brings something new to the table (specifically the handheld factor) - appreciate its not Nintendo, but I picked up red dead redemption happily on switch because it meant I could play it on the go whereas I would be unlikely to play through it again on my PS5 given I'd already beaten it years ago when it first released.

3) Nintendo has realised the value of releasing remasters alongside new software. In the next month, they are releasing a new Zelda game, a new Mario Party, and a new Mario and Luigi title. This helps to shield them from the accusation that they have no new ideas.

I've said previously that Sony should be looking to develop a few smaller titles to flesh out their first party output. It will help them to move away from some of the accusations that the release schedule is barren. Astrobot is a great example of how a game doesn't need to last 40-60 hours or pursue gritty photorealism to be a joy to play.

More of that please Sony. It was was a real shame in my opinion that they closed down the likes of pixelopus. Concrete Genie was the perfect type of experimental game Sony needs - and should be releasing - between bigger titles and any remasters they are developing to flesh out the library.

Yep, will be buying that controller. What time do preorders go live?

It's the Last of Us pt 2 remastered

I kind of agree with others on here. I really enjoyed Ragnorak, but I still consider 2018 the better game and hold it in my top 5 of all time. Loved it

Great game, completely unecessary remaster/remake. Much more interested in the Lego game as at least it's something new.

Back when this was first mentioned I was relatively relaxed about the idea as no one is obliging people to buy it. At that time it was with an assumption that it would launch around other new first party titles - but that currently is not the case and this will only fuel the perception that sony has nothing new to offer and is trying to wring money out of people for old rope.

Perception currently is that Sony is predominantly investing in remakes and live service. This generation we've seen Last of Us pt 1 and 2, the Uncharted collection, Until Dawn, Spiderman remastered, Ghost of Tsushima directors cut, Death Stranding Directors Cut, Demons Souls - I'm sure there are others I haven't mentioned.

This cannot be what they have to show at a State of Play. They need to be showcasing something new to show they still have ideas in the tank.

I recognise Sony is trying to branch out into multiple entertainment ventures like TV and movies, and so this is another venture to attract in new players (likely switch players who try the lego game and want to experience more), but it's hard to justify the need for this when the PS4 version runs great as it is

I had few examples of minor slowdown it might address. But they were few and far between. Got the plat last night. Brilliant game

@UntilRespawn yes, I'm still convinced they are trolling. They used to come on here too. Maybe still do. I noticed them in the Astro articles over the weekend too

@somnambulance I want this game. I am in my mid-thirties 😅

I just beat the final challenge so I'm over the moon 🥳🥳

Sony was meant to be growing their development teams to be working on 2 titles at a time to ensure a decent hit rate of new titles. It's crazy how this generation has developed.

As I have said before though, don't expect to see ghost of tsushima until Assassins Creed Shadows releases. Sony appears to have the marketing agreement for that so I would be amazed if they said anything until after it launches.

The live service fixation and the race to the bottom for bigger, more graphically intensive titles has hurt Sony though. I'd have thought the success of the Switch would have shown that you don't need to have the flashiest graphics to make fun games that sell extremely well.

If the news of a SOP is real, I expect we will see Death Stranding and Lego Horizon, but doubt we hear of much else. Maybe Astrobot dlc or Spiderman dlc. Expect they will be pushing for a new GTA 6 trailer though

@Vaako007 That good grace has nearly all gone I'm afraid. It's been a terrible generation for them.

If the good will from the end of the PS3's life cycle (combined with Microsoft's disastrous Xbox One reveal) contributed to PS4's success, and then the fantastic run that console saw them through to the PS5 generation, if they continue on current form, any good will remaining will have been lost by the time PS6 releases.

Whilst there have been some good games, the communication has been awful, and there have been way too many missteps. General sentiment I am seeing seems to be moving from frustration to indifference at this point.

Worrying times. Hope they can turn things round sooner rather than later